Fotoreproductie van een foto door J. Craig Annau, voorstellend een kade in Venetië before 1907

This photograph of a Venetian scene, captured by an anonymous artist, seems to come from the pages of a book. It's like the artist was trying to capture the essence of a fleeting moment. I wonder what the photographer might have been thinking? There's a figure cloaked in shadow, perhaps a monk or nun, walking along the canal. Were they aware they were being photographed? The image has this soft, almost hazy quality, which reminds me of those early impressionist paintings, the way they played with light and shadow to create atmosphere. Photography and painting have always been in dialogue. I can't help but imagine this photographer seeing the world through the eyes of a painter. It is a reminder that artists are in an ongoing conversation, each inspiring and challenging the other to see the world in new ways. It's all part of this messy, beautiful, ongoing artistic process.